Hi, just found this community. The inaugural post here showing a desk top full of miscellaneous boards reminded me of the random bits I have in boxes, stored away and not being hacked on like they should be :/
I wonder if there would be interest here in a sort of swap-by-mail thing where we post boards or parts we feel bad about not using and swap them for other things, that we might want to use instead… maybe an MCU dev kit for some sensors, or a even box of nice cookies if the hacking spirit is snoozing right now (as it is for me – so many other things in life to do at the moment…)
I find it actually harder to focus on doing a project because there are too many bits in my boxes sometimes.
I think the idea of donating bits to schools for students to use would be cool as well, but haven’t looked into it much (would they get used? Which schools have good programs with teachers that could actually use donations?)